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Analysis of MERCATOR data - Part II: variable A & F stars
For a few decades, a large international community is working at thedevelopment of stellar seismology, intending to open a new window on thestructure and evolution of stars, with the necessary paralleldevelopment of new observational techniques, modeling tools and methodsfor diagnostics and interpretation. This new window is associated withnew observables, characterizing the oscillations (frequencies,amplitudes, line profiles,...) which are sensitive to the stellarinterior and thus very complementary with surface observables,associated to astrometry, spectropolarimetry or interferometry.
| New periodic variables from the Hipparcos epoch photometry
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| Constellation: | Grande Ourse |
| Right ascension: | 08h46m20.67s |
| Declination: | +50°01'22.5" |
| Apparent magnitude: | 8.845 |
| Distance: | 244.499 parsecs |
| Proper motion RA: | -32.7 |
| Proper motion Dec: | -28 |
| B-T magnitude: | 9.184 |
| V-T magnitude: | 8.873 |
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